Waiting for the opportunity to become a Champion in his professional career.
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| Tale of the Tape; Who wins Middleweight Championship? |
A couple years ago, we had Pearson on the SportsEffectLive show, and he had just ran his record to 15-0 with a defeat of a opponent.
Pearson was riding high, a hot commodity (maybe the hottest) in the Money Mayweather Camp and looked like he was ready for Primetime.
Floyd Mayweather had him in high regards, and felt like his time was coming as well.
Then a little dose of Boxing & reality hit the Young King.
Pearson was defeated on Spike TV for the first time in his pro career.
It hit Pearson and his camp hard.
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| Pearson with Team USA |
A father to a beautiful daughter, Pearson stayed positive;
But internally? It was killing him. He was raging inside.
He had never been unprepared or not up to standards in a fight.
He knew he had some issues before that fight. Knew he had been sick all week before the fight.
But Pearson is not that type of man that makes excuses.
It was obvious that Pearson didn't have the juice in that fight, but no matter what, he stood tall in the loss, took all the questions that ensued and handled them with class and honor.
He was now defeated, for the first time in his pro career.
He knew that he wasn't 100 percent going into the fight he lost.
There were other factors that also effected him negatively in his training time, and from Pearsons' perspective, he felt like he wasn't focused the way he needed to be.
Then the questions started swirling around.
Would Money Mayweather let him go? Would he ever get another shot? Did he take it for granted?
No matter what, Pearson,his camp, and his family kept the faith and went back to the drawing board.
Fast forward, 2 years later, and Pearson, is much more focused, hungry, and determined more than ever to grab that elusive championship. He knows that now is his time.
He went off the grid to focus and to get the training necessary to become a champion.
Stayed with Mayweather Camp and fine tuned his skills to get to this point.
Now is his time.
Pearson will face a tough opponent in ATL's own young tiger in Justin DeLoach, who has had a great pro career in his own right. Not to mention his rising confidence along with his camp.
DeLoach is 16-1 with 8 KO's, is 5'11 and weighs in at 151.8.
Pearson is 17-1 with 11 KO's is 5'10 and weighs in at 152.8.
No matter what, SHOWTIME network will be launching its "New Era" of Boxing tonight with 2 boxers who will be ready for the moment.
And a new Middleweight Champion will be crowned tonight. Starting at 10pm EST.
No pressure the Young King from the mean streets of Dayton, Ohio (Trotwood) can't handle.
Minor setback for a major comeback.
